Styx Kirr-Calatoerio
Falling in the black
Slipping through the cracks
The Basics
Name: Styx Kirr-Calatoerio
Age: 4 years
Gender: Male
The Pedigree
Parents:
Mother - Aelia Kirr (f, dead)
Father - Arakain Calatoerio (m, dead)
Siblings: Zeroa (f, unknown), Arey (m, alive), Thaila (f, unknown), Wrynt (m, unknown), Mercury (m, dead)
Mate: None
Pups: None
The Politics
Pack: NA
Rank: NA
The Wolf
Appearance: Styx is the norm build wise. Totally unremarkable in size and structure. He has a short, broad muzzle that leads up to bright yellow eyes that are large and round, giving him the ever present appearance of puppy dog eyes. His head is topped with large forward facing ears. Slim legs end in large paws, coated with mud up to the knee most of the time. Behind him hangs a fluffily, almost husky-like tail that is tipped at the very end in a darker grey then the rest of his body.
His coat is a uniform grey over most of his body and thick even in summer, being much of the reason he finds cool wet mud so enjoyable. His coloration is more of a cream on the inside of his ears, under his muzzle, his chest, and down the lengths of his legs. Brown patches mix with the grey along his back, but overall aren't noticeable.
Personality: Styx isn't exactly a social butterfly. More like a social moth, the kind that runs into the lights repeatedly. It's not that he's stupid. Styx is quite the bright little wolf, it's just that he's highly uncomfortable in a social setting. He mostly keeps to the back of gatherings, not bothering to give him input. He'd rather watch from the sidelines
He's the spectator in life, not one of the players...or so he believes. Really he has all the potential to be. He's kind, intelligent and with a body that could become strong should he will it to. Sadly he doesn't see any of this, much thanks to the unintentional neglect on Aelia and Arakain's behalf. Unlike his siblings he didn't receive much attention from his parents and it let to him becoming a slight introvert.
History: Styx was born to Aelia, sub-alphess of the Vales and Arakain, a male who happened to wander upon the pack and have Aelia fall madly in love with him. Arakain was appointed sub-alpha to match Aelia and that spring Aelia whelped five healthy children. Zeroa, Mercury, Arey, Styx, Thalia, and Wrynt. The two new parents loved their children very much; however one puppy was often overlooked and forgotten. Poor forgotten Styx.
Styx and his siblings grew larger with every day that passed. Arey became the muscular hunk, Mercury the cool bad boy, Wrynt the troublemaker, Thalia the beauty, and Zeroa the politician and sub-alpha heir. Styx however didn't become anything special like everyone else had. He was the loner, the wolf who was always covered in a layer of mud, the quiet one, and still the forgotten child. Poor forgotten Styx.
Cringe and Tsuki had given birth slightly after Aelia and Arakain and so all the collective youngsters planned a grand meeting sometime after their first birthday. They all gathered and talked and sized each other up, except for Styx, who happily sat near Thalia and keep silent, pleasantly interested in how the soil of Motus contained much more sand then Takarai's territory. During the entire meeting he stayed next to his sister and didn't speak a word, save when he addressed Thalia about said sandy soil. And in turn no one paid any attention to him. Poor forgotten Styx.
Before he knew it he was almost two. One day he was happily trotting along when he came upon a three legged wolf named Lex looking to join the pack. Lex and Styx became good friends and Lex gave the young male the nickname of 'Mudpuppy'. It wasn't long before Lex, knowledgeable in healing, became the healer in place of Venom, who'd flown the coop. Much to Styx's amazement Lex made him his apprentice. For the first time in his life he felt needed. He was no longer 'poor forgotten Styx'.
Ah, but bliss can never last to long and before he knew it a disaster had struck. Arakain passed away. For Styx is was a hard blow but he had Lex and Aelia still and he managed to get over it and on with his life. The pack meeting rolled around, the pack had to move due to big cat attacks and Motus and Epuera were one for the first time in Styx's young life. Takarai the first had passed away and her children taken over for her. Dinalli became alphess and called the meeting. On that fateful day Aelia died, in the middle of the meeting. This time Styx was devastated, he'd lost two parents in such a short time. It was too much. On top of that Lex disappeared and was never seen by Styx again. And he was 'Poor forgotten Styx' once again. Falling to the depths can I ever go back?
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